Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Oct 30th 2006, 10:22 pm
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by IainW
The bash = beaten up
As in "He got the bash last Saturday night".
As in "He got the bash last Saturday night".
Really?? Lived there over 40 years & my idea of a bash was when someone was having a party...celebration type event.....as in having a birthday bash!! I dont doubt you just never heard it used that way before myself!!
Oct 30th 2006, 10:24 pm
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by shepslady
Point taken....my apologies 
Oct 31st 2006, 3:51 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Box of birds=All sh#t and feathers
Heads up=Have you ever seen a heap of rabbits/ducks/etc when a strange sound is heard? All of them stop what they are doing and "Heads Up" before "Foxtrotting Oscar"
Heads up=Have you ever seen a heap of rabbits/ducks/etc when a strange sound is heard? All of them stop what they are doing and "Heads Up" before "Foxtrotting Oscar"
Oct 31st 2006, 5:25 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by shepslady
Really?? Lived there over 40 years & my idea of a bash was when someone was having a party...celebration type event.....as in having a birthday bash!! I dont doubt you just never heard it used that way before myself!!
Oct 31st 2006, 6:03 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by IainW
'The' bash as opposed to 'a' bash. Hear it all the time. On the news the police will often say someone was 'bashed' rather than assaulted or beaten up.
Noun = party, verb = beaten up.
Now you make a bit more sense
I have never heard anyone say someone has got *the* bash...
Oct 31st 2006, 6:08 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by Apple12
aaah, not "a bash", but to be bashed up.
Noun = party, verb = beaten up.
Now you make a bit more sense
I have never heard anyone say someone has got *the* bash...
Noun = party, verb = beaten up.
Now you make a bit more sense
I have never heard anyone say someone has got *the* bash...
Oct 31st 2006, 6:10 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
One of my friends got 'the bash' regularly from her violent father when she was little
Oct 31st 2006, 6:11 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by sky
I have, heard it lots.
Oct 31st 2006, 12:27 pm
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by IainW
'The' bash as opposed to 'a' bash. Hear it all the time. On the news the police will often say someone was 'bashed' rather than assaulted or beaten up.
Oct 31st 2006, 5:45 pm
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Gosh you know how to turn a thread sour Shepslady
Oct 31st 2006, 9:14 pm
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
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Gosh you know how to turn a thread sour Shepslady
Nov 1st 2006, 2:07 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Interesting thread:
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Yeea, yeea, yeea, yeea, yeea
Nov 1st 2006, 6:32 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by shepslady
Pray tell how is that turning a thread sour??? I was merely stating something that I personally hadnt heard of before. In no way was I being rude or critical of anyone. Obviously your idea of sour is far different than mine.
Nov 1st 2006, 7:50 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by sky
Kiwis don't move house .... they 'shift'
And the teachers don't tell my son off at school ... he says they 'growl' at him.
And the teachers don't tell my son off at school ... he says they 'growl' at him.
Nov 1st 2006, 7:57 am
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Re: Kiwi ways of saying stuff
Originally Posted by cottageinthesky
I went to play badminton and was confronted with a large notice on the door say "Div Training next Tuesday" - I had to explain to my kiwi club members that in England, we didn't have to train divs, they occurred naturally or by in-breeding.